Human Trafficking in [Azerbaijan] [other countries]
Street Children in [Azerbaijan] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Azerbaijan] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Republic of Azerbaijan [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Republic of Azerbaijan, in Transcaucasia [map], is situated at the gateway to SW Asia and is bounded by Iran (S), where the Aras River divides it from Iranian Azerbaijan; by the Caspian Sea (E), by Russia's Dagestan Republic (N), and by Armenia (W). Baky (Baku) is its capital. Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects.

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ECPAT – On-line form for reporting child prostitution and other sexual offences against children

Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (Azerbaijan), & Years Missing

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – The country was primarily a country of origin and transit for trafficked women, men, and children for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Russian, Central Asian, and local women and girls were trafficked from or through the country to the United States, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan for work in the sex industry. There was also internal trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. The government reported it identified 231 trafficking victims: 218 Azerbaijani, 11 Uzbek, 1 Russian, and 1 Kyrgyz. During the year the government also reported one case of trafficking of a child. Women and girls were trafficked internally from rural areas to the capital for sexual exploitation

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1997

[23] While welcoming the fact that the State party has recently released a study on children working and/or living on the street, the recent increase in the number of such children is a matter of concern. The Committee also expresses its serious concern at the increase in the number of child prostitutes, and that the State party does not have a clear strategy to combat the abuse and sexual exploitation of children.

ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC]

[B] COUNTRY UPDATES – AZERBAIJAN – In Azerbaijan the official attitude is still that the problem of CSEC does not exist. However, there are an increasing number of street children that are highly vulnerable to being taken up by criminal gangs and subjected to all kinds of exploitation.

Consortium for Street Children

Street children in Azerbaijan are particularly at risk to be exploited through labor, particularly drug and sex trafficking. Neglect and economic status is often the main cause of children taking to the streets where they are also in danger in becoming involved in Azerbaijan's ongoing conflict with Armenia.

Azerbaijan Human Rights Defenders Raise Alarm At Child Prostitution

"Sexual exploitation of under age girls in night bars of Baku is a widely spread occurrence today. One can just visit these places to make sure of it," says the head of the NGO Clear World, Mekhribana Zeynalova. According to her, there is a great demand for minors, to put it more precisely, for children, in the Azerbaijan sexual industry.

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Human Trafficking in [Azerbaijan] [other countries]
Street Children in [Azerbaijan] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Azerbaijan] [other countries]